Question

. Mr X. suffered from Acute kidney failure. How would he be affected and what treatment would help him.

Answer 1

Acute Kidney Failure:

Acute kidney failure, also known as acute renal failure or acute kidney injury,  occurs when the kidneys filtration functions declines or fails. When this happens, the kidneys are unable to filter waste from the blood leading to build up of chemical waste in the blood.

Signs and symptoms of acute kidney failure:

Here are some of the ways Mr. X could be affected:

i) Chest pain

ii) Confusion

iii) Reduced urine

iv) Weakness

v) Nausea

vi) Irregular heartbeat

vii)  Fatigue

viii) Coma

ix) Swelling of the arms and legs.

x) Acute kidney failure can also lead to death if complications set in.

Here are some of the things that could have caused Mr. X's acute kidney failure:

i) Impaired blood flow to the kidneys

ii) Injury/damage to the kidneys

iii) Cancer - such as cervical cancer, colon cancer and bladder cancer.

iv) Urine blockage.

Treatment

Here is how Mr X could be helped:

1) Depending on the cause of Mr. X's kidney failure, the treatment is aimed at treating the cause of the injury.

2) Management of the symptoms of the acute kidney failure.

- Dialysis to remove the accumulated toxins from his body

- Medicine like kionex to control the amount of potassium in the body.

- Diuretics to increase loss of fluids from Mr. X's body. This may help reduce the swelling of the arms and legs of Mr. X

- Calcium infusion to raise calcium levels lost due to the kidney failure.

Answer 2

Mr X. suffered from Acute kidney failure.

The Acute kidney failure or renal disease is the serious conditions which causes the irreversible and gradual deterioration of ability of the kidney for filtering the blood and also excretes certain hormones.

His disease can be treated by Dialysis.

Dialysis is the treatment which purifies and filters the blood by using the Dialysis machine.